Kings are not born: they are made by universal hallucination |
Ladies and gentleman are permitted to have friends in the kennel, but not in the kitchen. |
Leisure may be defined as free activity, labor as compulsory activity. Leisure does what it likes, labor does what it must, the compulsion being that of Nature, which in these latitudes leaves men no choice between labor and starvation. |
Let a short Act of Parliament be passed, placing all street musicians outside the protection of the law, so that any citizen may assail them with stones, sticks, knives, pistols or bombs without incurring any penalties. |
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. |
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. |
Life at its noblest leaves mere happiness far behind; and indeed cannot endure it. Happiness is not the object of life: life has no object. It is an end in itself; and courage consists in the readiness to sacrifice happiness for a more intense qualit |
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it. |
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. |
Life is a disease; and the only difference between one another is the stage of the disease at which he lives |
Life is a flame that is always burning itself out, but it catches fire again every time a child is born |
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it onto future generations. |
Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage -- it can be delightful. |
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. |
Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent. |